The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-23

phosphorus, are within a p-bble's
throw Of huge DO wlders of limestone.
The fuor spa has been worked lower
down the river, and the Latrobe lode
is well known to all iron men. Mr..
D. l.. Sublett, civil and mining en-
gineer, in report on the Mammoth
furnace lands, which are located in
Lyon county, adjoining the Livingston
county line, and between the Cumber-
land and Tennessee rivers, said:
"Nilh the coal, iron ore and h1xes,
as it were, all in q body, with water
and rail transportation to every part
of the country, no &c ton pre-
ssnts such field for profitable invest
ment as is here prese 1ted. There are
deposits of very foe potters' clay and
a most excellent quality Of pottery Ia
now being made on this property.
There are ais large deposits of decom.
posed felspar, and flor-spar is found
thr Juphout this section, containing
rich deposits OF lead" Mr.. Stratton,
who had carefully examined the evil
deuce on this subject, says (page 81
of his book: "Bnt we are qually pcs
tive in our assertion that inexhausti-
BILE supplies of ksolin stestite, fuor-
spar, lead and iron do exist in Livings.
ton, Trigg, Lyon AID Caldwell coun-
ties in Kentucky" =.
Prof. Owen Geological Report, vol.
1, p. S7), Gays, speaking OF Livingston
and Crittenden counties: Immense
veins OF fluor spar, fifty feet wide, ira
verse the southeastern portion of the
sub. carboniferous formations"
LEAD AND SILVER.
These two metals undoubtedly exist
on the company's property, but while
there Is strong divergence in opinion
as to the quantity, the greater weight
of authority is against the hypothesis
of it's being profitable to work them.
Prof. o ven says (Vol. /, page 89): 81
have examined some OF the richest Of
these surface ores, which yield twenty.
two ounces of silver to the ton, aud
the improved methods OF eliminating
the silver Twelve ounces per ton have
been found profitable"
Speaking Of the lead ores he says;
at is important to observe, In calculat
ing on the practicsbility Of working
these lead ores existing In the lime
stones, that they occur in the SAINT
geological position as in the north o.
England; that the Derbyshires mines
are in the limestone, underlying the
milestone grit, as in Crittenden ant
Livingstone counties, and the
sulphuret Of lead is accompanied b.
the same vein stones"
Prof. Shaler does not agree will
these conclusions. He regards thee'
as gashveins and Improbable TO
working. Mr.. II. Herzar, asslstan
State geologist OF Kentucky, in q re
port made in 1875, takes the groun'
that the ''lesd veins in the Southern
part OF Illinois, however, as well as II
Livingston, Crittenden and adjoinin
counties in Kentucky present quit
different characters OF features iron
what they are in the upper Mississippi
REGION" The latter he finds to b
pockets or cash veins; the former ar
accompanied by true fssure veins Q
from few feet to thirty or fiji y feet Il
width"
FIRE CLAY, PoTTER's CLAY, BRICK CLAY
The existence OF these articles hav
already been mentioned and prove
by citations. The Scientific America
OF November, 1875, Gays: "Crittendel
aud Livingston counties in Kentuek
contain an unlimited dep OF chin
clay, known among china manutaC
turers Of kaolin, called by ancient POI
tsTy men petuntss, which simply dc
comp osed fel.spAr."
Discussing these deposits In Living
stone and Urittenden counties, th